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• West Country couple accused of murder after discovery of body parts

  04-09-2023 22:21 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A member of the public called the police after finding partial human remains near a path down to Boscombe beach
  
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• List of schools in England, Wales and Scotland affected by concrete safety fears

  04-09-2023 21:58 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  More than 100 schools in England have been told to fully or partially close
  
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• Call of Duty killer fled to Bristol after murdering young rapper

  04-09-2023 21:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Timothy Adeoye, known as T-Trapz, killed the wrong person while acting as an enforcer for a drug dealer and is now facing 23 years behind bars
  
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• Hundreds more schools could be hit by crumbling concrete, Rishi Sunak acknowledges

  04-09-2023 20:43 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Downing Street said the total number was expected to be in the hundreds rather than the thousands, with the vast majority not impacted
  
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• Bristol: Clifton Suspension Bridge captured on camera made out of beer can

  04-09-2023 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Justin Quinnell, who took the images, says his work is about "the joy of experimentation".
  
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• Three Bristol men await sentence for cocaine offences

  04-09-2023 19:13 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Conspircacy to suipply relates to August this year
  
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• Legendary Bristol street artist to take on city's biggest and most famous wall

  04-09-2023 19:03 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  With no Upfest this year, the Tobacco Factory's owner has commissioned something new
  
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• Fearne Cotton's embroidered Nobody's Child dress is 'endlessly flattering' for autumn-winter

  04-09-2023 18:54 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The cord fabric makes it ideal to pair with tights when the weather turns
  
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• West Country gran told Egyptian toyboy to 'whistle for it' during savage divorce

  04-09-2023 18:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Worrying details of their marriage have now been shared by Iris
  
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• West Country gran told Egyptian toyboy to 'whistle for it' as he showed true character

  04-09-2023 18:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Worrying details of their marriage have now been shared by Iris
  
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• 'Plonker' traffic warden slaps ticket on ambulance attending an emergency call

  04-09-2023 18:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The vehicle is understood to have pulled into a car park to avoid blocking a road in the Cornwall coastal town
  
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• Live: M5 traffic chaos near Bristol as schools reopen

  04-09-2023 18:13 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There are long delays on the motorway this afternoon (September 4)
  
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• Bristol 'eyesore finally' being knocked down as plans for suburb revealed

  04-09-2023 17:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Gainsborough is now owned by Bristol City Council who plan to demolish it and begin building 47 homes
  
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• People could be living at the bottom of the sea within years thanks to Bristol project

  04-09-2023 17:33 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The DEEP campus will give people the opportunity to live 200 metres below the waves for extended periods of time
  
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• Heat health alert issued by UKHSA as Met Office forecast 30C in Bristol

  04-09-2023 17:20 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It is set to be a very hot week across the region and most of the country with impacts across health services and vulnerable people expected
  
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• Speeding laws for cyclists explained after uproar as officers pulled group over

  04-09-2023 17:14 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  They group of cyclists were pulled over by police for speeding - but no tickets were handed out
  
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• 'My daughter is withering away - she's never eaten a full meal due to rare condition'

  04-09-2023 17:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bethany Smith, 30, says Bella will only nibble at food at the most - and can go days without eating anything
  
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• Avon & Somerset Police recruitment 'racially discriminatory', FOI finds

  04-09-2023 17:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Freedom of Information request unearths data that shows Black applicants are twice as likely to be rejected than white candidates - and the figure for Asian applicants is even worse
  
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• 'My son's genetic condition is rare that it has only recently been given a name'

  04-09-2023 16:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A toddler is fighting a genetic condition so rare he is one of just 15 people known in the WORLD to be diagnosed
  
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• People in Bristol using log burners could face £300 fines

  04-09-2023 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Councillors are expected to sign off the policy, which will see regulations tightened up in Bristol.
  
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• Energy expert says bill-payers need to do one thing on October 1

  04-09-2023 16:27 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Ofgem price cap is being lowered from October 1, meaning the cost per unit of electricity and gas will be less
  
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• Education secretary caught on camera swearing over 'crumbling schools'

  04-09-2023 16:25 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Gillian Keegan was complaining that 'everyone else has sat on their a**e' in the clip released by ITV News
  
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• Appeal after man sadly dies in collision

  04-09-2023 16:03 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision near Frome yesterday (Sunday 3 September). Officers were called at around 5pm to the A361 in Rode following reports of a four-vehicle collision involving a motorbike and three cars: a Kia Kona, an Audi A4 and a VW T-Cross. Sadly, the 51-year-old rider from Wiltshire was pronounced dead at the scene. Our thoughts are with his family during...
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• Woman sobs in court as she's found guilty of murder after stabbing man to death

  04-09-2023 16:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Learose Cheng was convicted of murdering Dylan Bacon with a large kitchen knife
  
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• Two die after being hit by car which then crashed into house

  04-09-2023 15:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A pedestrian and a cyclist were killed by the vehicle and police say they are not treating incident as 'terror related'
  
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• DWP warning as millions of people switched from Tax Credits to Universal Credit

  04-09-2023 14:54 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Tax Credits will end by winter 2024 and claimants will be switched to Universal Credit instead
  
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• Four ways to watch BBC shows without a TV licence

  04-09-2023 14:32 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There are ways to watch BBC content completely legally without a TV Licence
  
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• Zoo confirms when UK's only giant pandas will return to China - Bristol Live

  04-09-2023 14:18
  Zoo confirms when UK's only giant pandas will return to China  Bristol Live
  
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• Zoo confirms when UK's only giant pandas will return to China

  04-09-2023 14:18 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  They were brought to Britain more than a decade ago and their stay was extended because of the Covid pandemic
  
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• Dame Judi Dench moves viewers to tears on Countryfile as they spot tattoo

  04-09-2023 14:15 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The legendary British actress joined Hamza Yassin for a special episode of Countryfile, in which he tracked down some golden eagles for her to see
  
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• BBC Strictly stars that we've loved and lost over the years - from Sir Bruce Forsyth to Caroline Flack

  04-09-2023 14:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Whilst Strictly has been a source of happy memories for many, there has also been a fair bit of heartbreak since the BBC show first waltzed onto our screens back in 2004
  
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• Hengrove McDonald's stabbing as teenager is arrested

  04-09-2023 13:56 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  One man was arrested and remains in police custody
  
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• Boy, 15, admits stabbing teacher in school corridor

  04-09-2023 13:54 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Maths teacher Jamie Sansom has been 'recovering well' after the horrific attack which saw the school locked down
  
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• Appeal after teenager attacked in Yeovil

  04-09-2023 13:54 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was attacked in Yeovil. Between 7.30-8pm on Wednesday 30 August, a teenager was walking along a footpath in Ninesprings Country Park when he was attacked with a bladed article. The victim was taken to hospital with multiple cuts. Thankfully, his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. The suspect is described as 16-18 years old...
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• Bristolians using log burners to heat their homes could face new £300 fines

  04-09-2023 13:40 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Burning wood can release harmful pollution which can cause serious health problems
  
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• Photos of gorgeous Bristol sunset with distinctive feature in clouds

  04-09-2023 13:30 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  All the the photos as the sun dipped below the horizon on Sunday
  
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• Gavin Williamson told to apologise to MPs for bullying former chief whip

  04-09-2023 13:19 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He sent a series of expletive-laden messages after not being allocated tickets to the late Queen’s funeral
  
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• Police misconduct reforms could turn hearings into 'kangaroo courts'

  04-09-2023 13:03 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Avon & Somerset Police Federation fears the changes will give chief constables the power to sack officers "on a whim"
  
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• Little boy who had heart transplant in lockdown starts first day at school

  04-09-2023 12:58 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Ethan Eaves was diagnosed with an enlarged heart at eight months
  
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• 'Doctors mistook my baby's eye cancer for eczema and told me to put breastmilk on it'

  04-09-2023 12:27 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Katherine O'Neill noticed her newborn Amelia, now two, had been rubbing her left eye since being born in September 2020
  
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• Unclaimed £1m Lotto cash as players urged to double-check tickets

  04-09-2023 12:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The ticket was made a winner ina draw last month and the clock is ticking for the prize to be claimed
  
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• Strictly favourite Giovanni Pernice sends sweet message to Rose Ayling-Ellis

  04-09-2023 11:45 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The professional dancer was paired with the EastEnders star back in 2021 and the duo took the ballroom world by storm as they claimed an emotional Glitterball Trophy triumph
  
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• Paedophile hunter sting for 'staring' pervert who also targeted women on train

  04-09-2023 11:30 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A paedophile hunter group then tracked him down after he suggested sex with a 'child'
  
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• Man who murdered his teenaged sister in 'depraved' attack jailed

  04-09-2023 11:29 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Connor Gibson, 21, who was found guilty of attacking his sister, Amber will serve at least 22 years in prison
  
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• Tesco scheme turns broken plastic toys into books for UK schools - Bristol Live

  04-09-2023 11:17
  Tesco scheme turns broken plastic toys into books for UK schools  Bristol Live
  
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• Tesco scheme turns broken plastic toys into books for UK schools

  04-09-2023 11:17 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Customers are being urged to bring their broken, hard plastic toys in during the trial period
  
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• What your feet may be trying to tell you about your health

  04-09-2023 11:13 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  We may ignore them most of the time compared to other parts of our body, but our feet can actually hold secrets to our health no other stretches of our skin can
  
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• Michael Mosley's 'exercise snacking' hack which makes getting fit easier

  04-09-2023 10:41 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Dr Mosley recommends short bursts of exercise to help fit a working into busy lives and improve your metabolism
  
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• Maya Jama and Stormzy to 'go public' with rekindled relationship

  04-09-2023 10:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The duo originally split in August 2019 - devastating fans with their break up at the time - but now after seemingly getting back together, it looks like the pair are set to last as the rapper reportedly hopes to make Maya his 'wifey for lifey'
  
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• Met Office predicts when heatwave in UK will end as Bristol sizzles in 30C heat - Bristol Live

  04-09-2023 10:29
  Met Office predicts when heatwave in UK will end as Bristol sizzles in 30C heat  Bristol Live
  
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